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41.LARUS. Bill flraight, fharp-edged, a 
little hooked at the tip and without 
teeth ; lower mandible gibbous below 
the point : nojlrils linear, broader on 
the fore-part, and placed in the mid- 
dle of the bill. Gull, 
Thefe inhabit northern countries, have a light body and long 
wings ; tongue a little cleft ; legs ihort, naked above the 
knees ; hind-toe fmall ; they feed on filh and carrion ; are 
very voracious, and when terrified, call up the undigefled 
food they have lately Iwallowed ; are Ipotted till the third 
3'ear, which makes the diferimination of the I'pecies rather 
> difficult. 
K, 
3 
A. Nojirils without a cere. 
Back whitlfh-hoary ; quill-feathers white ; hind-toe un- 
armed. Tarrock. Kittiwake. 
Inhabits Europe^ Afia and America ; 14 inches long. 
Bill yellowifh ; mouth faffron within ; head, neck, belly and 
tail fnowy ; zeings hoar)', the outer edge of the firfl and tips 
of the 4-^5 next feathers white ; legs dufky ; hind-tee a 
mere wart. 
Whitifh ; back haory ; tips of the tail-feathers, except the 
outer one blacky feet 3-toed : the younger bird. 
Bill and Legs dufky ; head, neck and body beneath white ; fpoc 
on the cAta and on the ears and femicircular mark on the nap^ 
black ; wings varied black and white 5 tail white tipt with 
. black. 
Wings with an oblique black band ; chin white. 
Snowy ; head and beginning of the neck black ; back and 
wings ruflet ; bill brown-red; legs fcarlet. 
Little G. 
Inhabits Rujjia and Siberian fize of a thurfii. Irids blueifti. 
Entirely white ; bill and legs lead-colour. Ivory G. 
Inhabits Greenland and the Jcy Seas s 16 inches long. 
Bill^ paler at the tip ; wings longer than the tail ; the young 
birds are fpotted with black, ^ _ 
*Lanusz 
